Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7016, Thomas Dix, Continental Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Va.
Dix, Thomas Sarah
N. 7016. B.L. Mt. 254-200.
CONTENTS

Th. Dini, a Capt Lieut in the Ora line,
Issued at No 254

I know all men by these presents that I Thomas Dix of the county of Essex and state of Virginia do by these presents constitute & appoint the honorable James M. Garnett Esquire my true & lawful attorney in my name & behalf & to my use to ask and receive all or any warrants or patents for land from the government of the united states of America, or the officer by the said government appointed to make out or deliver the same, to which I am entitled in consideration of having been an officer in the army of the said united states during the war with Great Britain, and for the purpose of obtaining the same, either for land situated in those territories assigned to satisfy the claims of officers of the united states as aforementioned or to fulfil the donation of the united states to the said officers or any of them by virtue of any law I do hereby fully & absolutely authorise & empower the said James M. Garnett to use my name in any and every respect that may be necessary or proper & to do & perform any & all matters or things which may be necessary or proper or which he my said attorney may think proper, hereby ratifying, approving & confirming whatever my said attorney shall or may do in or concerning the premises as fully and absolutely as I myself could do was I present in person or as the law shall require. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 3 rd day of January 1808.  Sealed & delivered in presence of } Rich. D. Davis { Benjamin Contee { John Minter { Thomas Dix  The words "for land" interlined before signed
Seal

This day Thomas Din appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the County of Essex & State of Virginia and affixed his signature to the within power of attorney in my presence, and acknowledged it before the Witnesses, who has signed their names as such, to wit, Richard Jones, Benjamin Camp- =bell and John Minter.
Said the 3 rd day 1805
A. Brooks

Council Chamber Feb. 27 1783
I do certify that Captain Lieutenant Thomas Dix is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a Captain, Lieutenant of Artillery in the Virginia Continental Line for military service from the 13 th of January 1777 to this day.
Thomas Madison
Benjamin Harrison
also an act no 152 for 40000 acres of land issued to Thomas Dix on the 27 Feb 1783
Council Chamber 27 th Feb 1796.
Thomas Dix is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a Captain Lieutenant of the Continental Line for the seventh year service.
Samuel Clesman
Robert Brooke
Captain Lieutenant Dix was in the Artillery & I have understood that all in that rank drew four thousand acres, or the same as a Captain of Infantry. This may appear by ascertaining the monthly draw by other Captain Lieutenants of the Artillery.
Samuel Clesman
A. General No 712

for 666 2/3 acres issued to Thomas Dix on 20 pp 1796.
Council Chamber Oct 30 1807
Thomas Dix is entitled to the additional portion of Land allowed Captain Lieutenant of the Continental Line for ten months service more than seven years Samuel Coleman Wm H Cabell
on the 21 Dec 1807 warrant No 5352 for 555 acres granted issued to Thomas Dix, was released to Capt Lewis Booker.
Copies from the Records of the Land office of Virginia as witness my hand & seal of office hereto affixed at Richmond this 20th day of June 1837
Wm H Cabell of Virginia

9783
Virginia
Thomas Dix
of Essex bty. in the state of Virginia who was a Capt. Lieut in the regiment commanded by Colonel Harrison of the Virginia line, for the term of seven years.
scribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of Apr l 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of Apr l 1819 and sent to Wm. B. Matthews Esq. Sappahannock Pa.
Arrears to 4th of Nov 1819. 10 mos. 14/11 4/16 209.91 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Nov 1815 120.00
$329.91
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Virginia.....1172
Sarah Dix, of Thomas Dix, Dec? Va
died on the 17 day of July, 1824; Lt. to Th t Ward July 27, 1837 of Essex co. in the State of Virginia; do. to P. Agt. 2 d August 1837 was a Capt.-Lieut. in the Artillery co. commanded by Captain _____ of the 1 st Regt. commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 2 years Capt.-Lieut. Artillery.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia (Rich d ) at the rate of 400 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July, 1837 and sent to J. H. ... Harrison, Jaffreytown, Virg. Th t Ward, Agent, then in Washington
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1837 $2400:00 Pemi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 100:00
$2570:00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk Book A, Vol. 1, Page 189.

State of Virginia - Special Court Office I William B. Matthews Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that James M. Garrett whose name is signed to the above certificate which is distinguished by the letter A was the presiding Magistrate of the Court, at the time he subscribed his name thereto, and at the time of the commitment of the said certificate to record. I do further certify that Mr. Labaree whose name is signed to the certificate distinguished by the letter B is a Justice of the peace for the said County duly commissioned and qualifi- ed according to the laws of this State. I moreover certify that the said certificates have been duly recorded in my said Office.
In Witness whereof I have here- unto signed my name and affixed the seal of my Office this 25th Day of April 1818 and 42nd year of the Commonwealth
Wm B. Matthews
James M. Labaree - was this day produced in Court and acknowledged to be recorded - (Seal) Wm B. Matthews Clerk

Thomas Din of Essex county in the common-wealth of Virginia doth hereby declare & make oath according to law before the court of the county of Essex in the common-wealth of Virginia, that he entered the army of the united states as a cadet in the year 1776 in the company of Capt. John Webb in the 7 th regiment commanded by Col. W m Daingerfield & continued in that company until he was appointed a second lieutenant in the company of Capt. Nath l Barwell in the regiment of artillery commanded by Col. Charles Harrison & continued in that company about one month when he was appointed a first lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. W m Pierce in the same regiment and continued in that company until February 1778 when he rec d . a commission as captain lieutenant in the company

Essex county to wit: Thomas Din, of Essex county aforesaid, personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid. I made oath according to law that he was sixty three years old in January 1818 & that he served in the army of the united states in the revolutionary war from the period when he entered the same in the year 1776 until the conclusion of the said war and that he is now reduced in his circumstances &c. &c. in need of the pension provided for officers & soldiers by the act of con- gress passed in March 1818 for his necessary support. Witness my hand this eighteenth day of April 1818 ss. I believe this to be the true bill. A. M. Latham

commanded by Capt. John Champe Carter in the same regiment of artillery in which company, & holding the same command, he continued until the end of the war at which time he became discharged of course, and the said Tho. Dix having exhibited before the court a parchment which being inspected, altho' much defaced, appears to have been a commission granted to the said Tho. Dix, therefore it is ordered to be certified that it appears to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Tho. Dix did serve in the revolutionary war as aforementioned against the common enemy. —
James H. Gurnett
At an Intervening Court held for Spotsylvania at Tappahannock on the 20 th day of April 1818. The foregoing certificate was produced in court and ordered to be recorded.
Teste Will m B. Matthews Clerk
At an Intervening Court held for Spotsylvania at Tappahannock on the 20 th day of April 1818. The foregoing certificate was produced in court and ordered to be recorded.

M rs Sarah Dine' 2146 Declaration - for a pension under act of 1836-7
Thos. Hood - agent will be at Washington -
2 years
2 years Capt. St. Artillery
400 $
Original - no deduction died in 1824
J. R. Melick Jr. Tappahannock Va

State of Virginia } Essex County to wit }
On this 12 th day of June 1837 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County of Essex in the State aforesaid Sarah Dix, a resident in said County of Essex and State aforesaid aged 86 years on the 12 th of Nov. next, who, being living first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4-1836, and the Act explanatory of said Act, passed March 3 rd 1837: That she was married to Thomas Dix who was a Captain Lieutenant in the Virginia Line in the War of the Revolution, but she cannot undertake to state the particulars of his services - Her age, and almost constant bodily afflictions since having the small-pox upwards of sixty years ago, have prevented her particular notice of the incidents connected with her said husband's services - and she must rely on the proof of those services that may be derived from the records in Virginia or in the War Office at Washington if any. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Dix on the 11 th day of January 1781 - that her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Dix, died on the 17 th day of July 1824, and that she was a widow on the 4 th July 1836, and has been the widow of said Thomas Dix since his death, and still remains a widow, as will fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written - before me the justice above written.
Sarah Dix
W Lewis Justice of the peace
And the same justice further certifies that the above named declarant Sarah Dix he has known for many years, and also her late husband Captain Thomas Dix, and he states of his own knowledge, that she is now and has been the widow of said Thomas Dix since his decease which took place in the Summer of 1824 - and that said Thomas Dix was the same identical person who was an officer in the Virginia Line in the War of the Revolution - and he further certifies that the age & bodily infirmity of the declarant would prevent her attendance at Court to make declaration.
W Lewis. J.P.

State of Virginia I, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Fauquier, do hereby certify that this day John Hengenfelder a respectable citizen of said County & whose statement is worthy of full faith and credit, personally appeared before the subscribers a justice of the peace in and for said County and being first duly sworn according to law, de- -poses, that he is now in the sixty ninth year of his age and that he was well acquainted with Captain Thomas Dion late of said County, and that he was the same person who was an officer (a Captain) in the King's Continental Line in the War of the Revolution - That he said Thomas Dion married Sarah Edmundson of said County - & that she is still living in said County, and is now and has remained the widow of said Thomas Dion since his death - which event he believes took place in the year 1824 - Proving officer
Sworn & subscribed before me justice of the peace aforesaid, on this 14 th day of June 1837.
Richd Croxton
State of Virginia. I, James Ray Miley Jr Clerk of said Court and State afore- said do hereby certify that Mr Lewis and Richd Croxton whose names are subscribed to the within certificate are and were at the time of signing the same Justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified as such according to the Laws of the State aforesaid and full faith and credit are due to all their official acts as such and that their said several signatures aforesaid are genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my said office to be hereunto af- -fixed this 14 th Day of June 1837 and in the 61 st year of the Commonwealth. James Ray Miley Jr Clerk

The 23 of May 1780
died Hannah Edmondson aged Sixty Six
January the 11 1781 I married Sarah Edmonds
October the 14 1781 Thomas Edmondson D ie was born Son of the above Tho d D ie and Sarah his wife — — — — —
18th

I hereby certify that the entries made on the opposite sides of this paper are in the hand writing of the late Capt. Thomas Brien. That said paper was found in the possession of Mr. Sarah Brien his widow and by request at- -tached to her Declaration this day executed - given under my hand this 12 th June 1887.
W. Lewis J.P.
The 24th March
1887
and on the 12th
W. Lewis J.P.
person who was an officer in the Virginia Line in the War of the Rebellion - and he further certifies that the age of the individual whose present he attests is truly informity of 1 st December 1887 - given at Court to make declaration -

Know all men by these presents That We Tho s Dix & Wil- iam Gatane are held and firmly bound to the Honou- rable of Virginia in the sum of Fifty pounds Ster- ling money to the which payment well & truly to be made We bind ourselves our heirs Exors & admors & each and every of them jointly & severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals & dated this 8 th day of Jany 1781 The condition of the above obligation is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct a marriage shortly intended to be had & solemnized between the above bound Tho s Dix & Sarah Edmundson then the above ob- -ligation to be void & of none effect or else to remain in full force & virtue — Sealed & Delivered in the presence of us Hancock Lee —
Thomas Dix Seal William Gatane Seal
Essex 5 th Jany 1781
Sir
Be pleased to issue a license to join together in the holy state of matrimony Thomas Dix and Sarah Edmundson and also shall be your indemnification Hancock Lee Esq r Clerk of Essex —
John Edmundson
A Copy Teste.
James R. Mearns DC for
James Roy Mearns Jr for

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. an
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Dix a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 Cadet John Webb William Dampfield 7 th Va   1 mo. 1 st Lieut Nathaniel Burwell Charles Harrison Artillery Regt.   Jany 13, 1777 Feby 1778 1 st Lieut William Pierce   Feby 1778 Feby 27, 1783 Capt. Lieut John Champ. Carter  
Battles engaged in, Monmouth + Petersburg
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Apr. 18, 1818 His cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Esssex Co. Va
Age at date of application, b. Jany 1755- He died July 17, 1824
Remarks: He mar. Jany 11, 1781 Sarah Edmondson She was b. Nov. 12, 1757
was ab.  Pens. on an ap. et. June 12, 1837, while a resident of Essex Co. Va. She died Oct. 27, 1840. Son Thomas Edmondson Dix was b. Oct. 14, 1781. Two grand children + one great grand child survived widow. No names are stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Thomas Turner Esquire

Dr. Sir,
I was not mistaken. Thomas Dix is entitled to two hundred acres of land, and I am ready to issue the warrant to any person authorized to receive it.
Yrs truly
H. Rogers
Thos. Sumner Esq.
29. Jan. 1805.

MAY 2 - 1914
Mrs. A. S. J. Williams 4 West Cary St. Richmond, Va

39 444 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 39 444 Thomas Dix Capt Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 129
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1914 May 4 Hist. to Mrs. A. S. J. Williams. V. L. M. 1914 Aug. 31 Hist. to Mrs. A. T. Helle. V. L. M. Letter in S. J. 32, 065 - Joseph Williams.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7016
Sarah Dix
Wid.
Thos. Dix
Capt. Va. L.
Act: July 11/36, Sec. 3d
Index: —Vol. A , Page 173-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THE STATE OF AMERICA
CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page, mostly illegible.]

My Brother, Dr. Austin Brackenbrough, who resides in Essex County, at my request examined the Clerk's office of that County & read the record, a copy of which is herein furnished by the Clerk. If therefore Capt. Dix had not left the service early in the year 1851, all difficulty in the case is removed. The intimation communicated by me to the Edwards came through John Armstrong, who has corrected the statement he made by a certificate. herewith sent.
John Brackenbrough
Richm. 9. Augt. 1857

Va
Lib & Knit M. T.
Wanted March 2 nd 4 th
1836

Sappahit was 12 th April
Old canal
Mail
The Secy of War
comm: of pension 20 th April 1855
City of Washington
Free

To
The Consumption of Purvis

Nov 24. 1846
To the Comm ee of Pensions
Sir
I beg your attention to the enclosed paper and give me an answer at your earliest leisure
Yours respectfully
Mrs Harker

Pension office
Bank of Eng 31. July 1887
Sir,
I have understood that Sarah Dix (of Essex County Vt.) was not married to Thos. Dix until after he left the service at the end of the revolutionary war. I do not know that my information is correct, but it's worthy of examination before the pension is paid, which will probably be applied for immediately. I presume you have satisfactory evidence of the facts in relation to this case, but as the sum ordered to be paid to Mrs. Dix is a considerable one, I have thought it my duty to apprise you of the communication to me, in order that you may pursue your own course in the premises -
I am very respectfully
Yrs: no etc.
John Brockelbank Pres t .
To J. L. Edwards Esq
agent for Comptroller of Pensions

Sir
Washington July 25 th '39
On the 18 th of June last I forwarded from Richmond to your office the papers of Mrs. Sarah Dix widow of the late Capt. Thos. Dix of Spotsylvania Co. Virg. for a pension under the act of 1836. Since which I have not heard of the case which induces me to think my letter may have miscarried -
I have to request that search may be made for them - and if found that the case may receive the early attention of your Department. If not found be so kind as to inform me -
I am with due respect y. ob t Servt.
Thos. Ford Washington -

Rev. Sir
Rich d Aug t 9 th 1837.
Mrs Dix, the widow of the late Capt. n J t Thomas Dix thro' her agent Mr. Lewis Smith called last week at the Virg a Agency for paying pensions for her pension but was refused on the ground that it a doubt had arisen as to the date of her marriage with said officer - and on further enquiry I found that her pension had been suspended - In consequence of having acted as the counsel of Mrs. Dix in the presentation of her case, I concluded to have the matter investigated. and the result you will find enclosed by which I hope it will be found that all difficulties are removed - I felt well satisfied that Mrs Dix would make no statement which was not strictly true - I feel great pleasure in sending her state- ment, and the Register of her marriage fol- -lowing with her declaration as well sustained by the proofs herewith enclosed - L t

Brookborough informs me that the pen- sion having been suspended, requires an order from you for its payment - Will Col. Edwards be so kind as to forward such an order by next mail - Mrs Dix's receiving agent is desirous of learning how so soon as the business can be done - I am with due respect Yr. Ob. Servt.
Thos. Hord

According to my best recollection Captain Tho. Dix and his wife Sarah Edmundson (now his widow) were married before the time that Leon Wallace was taken at the siege of York - I was well acquainted with them - I am satisfied they were married as above stated James Burham, Jr Thomas Atkins John Minter

On further reflection as to the marriage of Capt. Thomas Dix late of Epsom, I believe that the above statement of Mr. Minton is correct - On a recurrence to the subject again, I find that Capt. Dix was married whilst I was on furlough at home - and not after my final discharge, as I at first supposed -
John Armstrong
By
Thos F Armstrong at his request

E. H. No 60, Va. 20 th February, 1846.
Dr. Sir.
You were so obliging as to promise to apply for the remainder of pension money due the late Mrs. Sarah Dix of this county, and at the request of Mr. Jas. C. Roy and others, the parties interested therein I now send the papers. I fear the lapse of time in making the application, or the errors and interlineations will prove fatal to the claim. You will much oblige the interested parties as well as myself, if you will endeavour to get the money, and let me hear from you when convenient. Not at all doubting your disposition to oblige your correspondent, yet I make this application with some reluctance; knowing how many of the kind you have to attend to, and how much you have upon your hands of more importance.
Very respectfully & truly
Yours
W. Lewis.

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 27 th day of February 1783 , in the name of
Thomas Diao as Capt. Genl. Artillery for £259. 0. 6, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to himself
and was given for services prior to the 1st January, 1782.
To wit: pay as Lt. 1st Regt. Art. from 13 th Jan y 77 to 21 Feb y 1778 and as Capt. Lt. from 15 Feb y 78 to 31 st December 1781
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
{ No Seal of Office. }
— 19 th day of June 1887.
J. H. Heath AUDITOR.

I also further certify that it appears from a List of Officers names who have received Certificates for One and two years advanced pay agreeable to Act of Assembly passed November Session 1781. That a Certificate issued on the 5th day of February 1782 for £321.0.0 in the name of Thomas Dine a Capt Lieut of Artillery in the Continental Line which certificate appears to have been delivered to Lieut Booker.
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office Richmond, this 19th day of June 1837. J. H. Heath

May I be permitted to enquire whether the papers of Mrs Sarah Dix widow of 2146 the late Capt. Thos. Dix of Essex Co. Virg - 2 the papers of Mrs Patsy Johnson - widow of 2138 the late Samuel Johnson of Essex Co - and both Revolutionary - came safely to hand - They were mailed at Rich d on the 18 th of June last - I am with due respect W. H. St. L. Thos. Had

State of Virginia, Essex county to wit. Be it known that before me Leonard Henley a justice of the peace in and for the coun- ty aforesaid, personally appeared Warner Lewis, and made oath in due form of law that he is the executor of Sarah Dix, widow of M rs . Dix, the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, of which the following is a true copy. War Department, Revolutionary claim. I certify that in conformity with the 3 rd section of the law of the United States of the 1 st of July, 1836, Sarah Dix of Essex Co. Virginia, widow of M rs . Dix dec d who was a Captain Lieutenant in the revolutionary army, is entitled to receive Four hundred dollars per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, and payable semi-annu- ally on the 4 th of March, and 4 th of September. Given at the war office of the United States, this nineteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War. Examined and countersigned. J. L. Edwards. Commissioner of pensions. That the deceased pensioner resi- ded in Essex co. in the state of Virginia for the space of eighty six years before her death, and that previous thereto she resided in S d . county of Essex.
W. Lewis, C
Witness James A. Dunn
Robt Q Gauthorn Sworn and subscribed the 18 th day of March 1844 - before me Leonard Henley
Know all men by these presents, that I,

Warner Lewis, executor of Sarah Din in the county of Essex and state of Virginia, revo- lutionary pensioner of the United States, do here- by constitute and appoint James G. Roy R. M. D. Hunter my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States, for paying pensions in Richmond, State Washington of Virginia , the balance of the pension due the sd. Sarah Din decd. from the 4 th day of September 1840 to the 27 th of October 1840 being the day of her death. Witness my hand and seal, this 18 th day of March 1844
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Robt A. Caughton James S. Dunn
W. Lewis (seal)
State of Virginia, Essex Co. to wit.
Be it known that on the 18 th day of March 1844 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the sd. county, personally appeared Warner Lewis above named, executor of Sarah Din decd. and ac- knowledged the foregoing power of atty. to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year last above mentioned.
Leonard Stanley (D)
State of Virginia Essex County to wit I James Roy Milton, Clerk of the Court of the said County, do hereby certify, that at a Court held for the said County, at the Courthouse thereof on the 18 th day of March 1844, satisfactory evidence was exhib- ited to the said Court, that Sarah Din was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of four hundred dollars per annum was a resident of the said County and died therein on the 27 th day of October 1840 and that at the time

Her death she had no chld, but two grand children and one great grand chld the daughter of another grand child the descendants of Thomas Dix
Intestimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 20 th day of March in the year of 1844
James Hoy Micon Clerk of the Court of Essex County
At a Court of Quarterly Session continued and held for Essex County at the Courthouse in Ipswich on the 17 th day of November 1840
The Last Will and Testament of Sarah Dix dec d being brought into Court and offered for proof, is proved by the oaths of Lewis Walcutt and W. D. Lewis the subscribing Witnesses to the same and Ordered to be Recorded. Whereupon on the motion of Warner Lewis the nominal Executor in the said Last Will and Testament of Sarah Dix dec d a certificate is granted him in order to his obtaining probat thereof as dire- ction of law, he having first taken the oath in such case required by law and entered into a bond payable to the sitting Justices in the penalty of three thousand Dollars with Austin Brockden as his security approved of as such by the Court which said bond being conditioned as the law directs is acknowledged by the obligors and also Ordered to be Recorded
A Copy Test
James Hoy Micon Clk

State of Virginia. Essex County to wit,
I James Roy Micon, Clerk of the Court of the said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of the Order of the County Court of said County, in relation to the probate and qualification of the Will of Sarah Elix dec d . Taken from the record of the proceedings of said Court now in my Office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 10 th day of March 1844. James Roy Micon Clerk of the County of Essex County.
Austin Brookebrugh Presiding Justice of the The Heirs for Essex

Payments to be made at Richmond, by J. Brokenbrough, Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Richmond, Virginia.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A, Vol. 1, Page 189, by S. A. Elliot, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Sarah Dix, ——— of Essex co. Virginia, widow of Thomas Dix, deceased, who was a Captain-Lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army, is entitled to receive Four Hundred dollars and  cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this nineteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

(Virginia) (Spencer) County to Wit
On this 15 th day of March 1819 (Thomas his person- ally appeared before the County Court of Spencer, the said Thomas his being aged sixty four years in January last (1819) and a resident of the said County, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" That he the said Thomas his entered the Army of the United States as a Cadet in the year 1776 in the Company of Capt. John Webb in the 7 th Regiment, commanded by Col. William Hangerfield and continued in that company until he was appointed a second Lieutenant in the Company of Capt. Nathaniel Pur- well in the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. Charles Harrison, and continued in that company about one month, when he was appointed a first lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. William Pierce in the same Regiment, and continued in that company until February 1778 when he received a Com- mission as Captain Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt. John Champ Carter in the same Regiment of Artillery, in which company, and holding the same command, he continued until the end of the war, at which time he became discharged of course; that he was in the battles of Monmouth and Peters- burg in Virginia
and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, his Commission above referred to having been heretofore transmitted to the War De- partment together with his Declaration made before this Court on the 20 th day of April 1818 -
Sworn to and subscribed before us the sitting Justices of the Court aforesaid the day and year aforesaid
Robert Brooke Thos. P. R. H. Wm. Smith Joseph Forney

Virginia
At a quarterly court held for Essex County at the Court House in Appomattox on the 15 th day of March 1819—
Thomas Hie within named this day appeared in court and made oath to the truth of his written declaration as certified at the foot thereof— Whereupon it was ordered to be certified that it most satisfactorily appeared to the court, that the said Thomas Hie did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the within declaration, against the common enemy for the term therein specified, on Continental establishment, and that the Clerk of this Court transmit the said declaration to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress within mentioned— And it is now further ordered to be certified that the said Thomas Hie needed the assistance of his country for support
In testimony that the foregoing is an accurate copy of the Order made by the said Court, I as Clerk of said Court have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of my Office this 27 th day of March 1819 A.D. 1830 Year of the Commonwealth
Wm. Matthews—